Yet another Great White Shark hoax – video
by TheDorsalFin on May.24, 2010 at 6:20 pm, under Shark News Stories
There are actually some fairly impressive kite boarding videos on YouTube. Unfortunately, this is not one of them. According to the title and the video information, the video above purports to show a great white shark attack a kite surfer, when in reality it’s just a garbled mix of surface and underwater shots with a couple of snippets of white shark footage spliced in. Throw in some really bad acting and “blood” in the water, and you’ve got your supposed shark attack video. To the video creator’s credit, the transitions into and out of the white shark footage are fairly smooth.
May 24th, 2010 on 9:42 pm
Good catch and expose Dorsal!
Discovery backed down under pressure from the community over that show, first time for everything:
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/may/19/stuart-shark-attack-victim-dropped-from-tv-show/
May 25th, 2010 on 11:04 am
Good to hear. Thanks for the heads up!
May 25th, 2010 on 1:20 pm
If it is wrong for Discovery Channel to broadcast a kite surfing shark attack reenactment, why is it ok for Dorsal Fin to broadcast one?
May 25th, 2010 on 1:58 pm
Hi Dave,
Good question. I “re-broadcasted” the YouTube video to point out that it was hoax. The video in question was not promoted as a re-enactment. It was being passed off as footage of an actual shark attack, which never occurred. There is no real victim being portrayed in the video (although, had I lost a friend or family member in a similar incident, I would expect that the contents of the video would be upsetting to me, despite the utter lack of realism). I suppose I could have simply posted a link to the video in my post, although I feel that if I’m going to comment or report on a particular video, it makes it easier to feature the video that is being commented on, rather than have the reader jump through hoops to find the video.
Again, the point of broadcasting this video was not to glorify or sensationalize the event (or non-event, as the case may be) being portrayed in the video, rather I wanted to expose that the purported attack portrayed in the video did not actually occur.
I appreciate your comment and question, and I understand where you’re coming from in your line of thinking. I hope I was able to clarify where I’m coming from on the subject.
November 23rd, 2011 on 5:56 pm
No, that’s a real attack. I’m afraid you’re wrong on this front.